IAM Engineering Director — Agentic AI & Zero Trust

Socket.dev; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

American Express is hiring a Director of Cybersecurity IAM Engineering to lead strategy, architecture, and delivery of enterprise IAM platforms. You will manage a team of IAM engineers, collaborating with cybersecurity, infrastructure, risk, and business units to ensure scalable, secure access across the organization.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in IAM/cybersecurity with cloud identity, governance, and large-scale modernization experience, plus strong leadership and stakeholder engagement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, architecture, delivery, and operation of enterprise IAM platforms and services.
• Oversee a team of IAM engineers and specialists.
• Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, risk, and business teams to ensure secure access solutions.

Skills

IAM

Cybersecurity

Cloud security

Leadership

Identity governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering

Tools

Active Directory

Entra ID

AWS/Azure/GCP

RACF

APIs

Job description

American Express is hiring a Director of Cybersecurity IAM Engineering to lead strategy, architecture, and delivery of enterprise IAM platforms. You will manage a team of IAM engineers, collaborating with cybersecurity, infrastructure, risk, and business units to ensure scalable, secure access across the organization.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in IAM/cybersecurity with cloud identity, governance, and large-scale modernization experience, plus strong leadership and stakeholder engagement